Options Group, the international executive search firm, has hired John Carreras as an executive director, charged with heading up a newly-launched office in Miami.

Carreras joins Options from Private Client Advisors, an executive recruitment agency that specializes in wealth advisor placements, which he founded and led as president. On taking up his new position he will lead the private wealth management practice in the Americas and spearhead the Miami branch's launch.

"Over the last six months, we launched an office in Frankfurt and hired additional information technology, commodities, asset management, and investment banking consultants," said Michael Karp, Options Group co-founder.

The firm is headquartered in New York, with offices in London, Zurich, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Newport Beach, Boston, Sao Paulo, Mumbai, Shanghai, Singapore, and Tokyo.